Chapter 15 Who Do You Love? "Chu Yan, save me." ...

Yu Yao/Text

It was dark and the road was slippery. Xi Che was just busy chasing the rabbit and didn't notice that there was actually a bigger hole next to the rabbit hole, which was covered by very long grass leaves. So he stepped into the hole, causing the surrounding area to collapse as well.

After falling down, he realized that this was not an ordinary rabbit hole or a trap set by a hunter. This hole was too surprising. After falling down a long tunnel, Xi Che fell on his buttocks on the ground, falling hard.

Too big for a hole!

A long time after Xi Che landed on the ground, there was another sound of landing beside him. It didn't seem like he was falling down, but rather that his feet landed lightly on the ground.

It looked like his non-human roommate had fallen along with him.

Before Xi Che could get up, he suddenly felt a pain in his arm. He didn't react to what happened at that time. It was pitch black here, so he hurriedly recited a spell to illuminate the surroundings. But when he looked down, Xi Che was suddenly shocked, because he found that there was a person hanging on his arm, and that person was biting him tightly.

"Break!"

Xi Che was so scared that he blew it in the head.

Even though Xi Che was knowledgeable and experienced, he still didn't understand the situation. He sat on the ground in a daze, breathing heavily and rapidly. Chu Yan noticed the commotion here and walked over. Before Xi Che could retract the lighting formula he had used, he saw Xi Che covering one of his arms and staring at the left front with horror on his face.

Chu Yan also looked over, but saw a bloody corpse: "What happened?"

Xi Che swallowed and tried not to sound so frightened - after all, his roommate was still young, and he himself found himself scary, so saying it out loud might scare the other person.

"Be careful, there are zombies here."

Chu Yan asked back in confusion: "Zombies?"

Yes, zombies, or should I say zombies.

It was really exaggerated. When he used the incantation to light up the surroundings just now, he saw a human-shaped object hanging on his arm. Xi Che saw the face of that "person". The thing had a dark complexion, and the flesh on its face was half rotten. The area where the gums were connected to the jaw was full of white bones.

This thing is obviously not a living person and has been dead for some time.

But how could it open its mouth and bite people when it was so rotten? This kind of thing is very rare even in this world.

Watching too many zombie movies may give you a wrong impression, for example, zombies make strange noises, growl, or scream when they bite people.

But in fact, it was not the case. As soon as he fell down, he was bitten silently, and Xi Che was completely unprepared. And when I was first bitten by that thing, I didn't feel it particularly painful. It was only when I saw clearly what was biting me that I started to get scared.

"Hiss...!"

Xi Che originally wanted to get up, but his whole arm was numb. He soon felt that he could not move, and his body fell backwards uncontrollably.

Chu Yan hurriedly stepped forward to catch Xi Che, and he fell weakly into his arms.

After his arm became numb, he began to feel pain again, and half of his body was in unbearable pain. Xi Che pinched the place where he was bitten and said weakly: "It's poisonous..."

Chu Yan understood, he helped cast the illumination spell and saw the tragic state of Xi Che's arm. The wound had turned black and purple, Xi Che's face was pale and sweat was pouring down his forehead.

“Here… there is indeed something wrong here… down here… it’s so strange…”

The space below the cave entrance is very vast, as if one has come to another world. There are bones everywhere under the feet, and looking into the distance, there are endless bones.

This is not a hole at all... This is another space. Above my head, there is not soil but sky, but it is not a normal sky... It is so weird.

But he didn't expect that the corpse poison he was infected with was very strong and spread very quickly. In such a short time, it spread to his entire arm.

Xi Che felt a burning pain where he was bitten, and his mind began to blur.

"Master... Master said that sooner or later I will suffer for my greed..."

Xi Che said this intermittently, and then his vision went dark. He didn't have the time to listen to what Chu Yan said, and he fainted with his head tilted.

Chu Yan sat there holding Xi Che, not knowing how to react for a moment.

He knew that Xi Che was poisoned, and it was not that he could not save him, but as a god, he should not interfere too much in the cause and effect of the human world.

He shouldn't have taken action either.

Chu Yan just sat there without moving, letting Xi Che lean on his shoulder - if he was lucky enough to escape from danger, that was his luck; if he unfortunately died here, that was also his fate.

Most of the time, gods cannot be described as “merciful” but rather as “ruthless”. They are fair and just, but they also stay out of it. Unless something really big happens that they have to intervene, they generally won't intervene.

Asa is an outlier among the gods. He... is not as ruthless as them.

Chu Yan was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the person leaning on his shoulder whisper something: "Don't..."

Chu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, then put his ear closer and finally heard what he said.

"I won't drink... I won't go to the Heart Spring..."

Chu Yan's heart suddenly tightened, and he subconsciously raised his hand to hug the shoulder of the person next to him. He lowered his head and held up Xi Che's face and asked, "What did you say?"

Xi Che's expression looked very painful, his brows were furrowed, and his face was covered in cold sweat. Some black blood vessels began to appear on his neck, which looked very scary.

"I won't drink... I won't drink even if I die... Let go..."

Chu Yan hugged his shoulders and tightened his fingers unconsciously. There was finally a tremor in his dark and cold pupils, and then like a storm, it rolled up huge waves.

who is he? Who is this person? !

Perhaps he felt pain, Xi Che suddenly groaned in pain, turned his head and buried his face in Chu Yan's shoulder, his voice was very unclear: "Chu Yan, save me..."

Chu Yan suddenly opened his eyes wide, his hands tightly grasped Xi Che's shoulders, almost crushing his bones.

"Asa..."

Chu Yan would never forget the scene of that day, and naturally he would never forget what they had said to each other.

Asa has always been fearless. There is almost no one in the Nine Netherworlds who can control him. The old God of War dotes on him and doesn't care about him at all. As for the other gods... who can be his opponent?

Later, he officially took over the position of God of War. As a young hero, he was very talented and had millions of followers under his command. No one could do anything to him.

So Chu Yan thought that Asa would never feel afraid.

Until one day, Asa was chained by the head of Langfeng Pavilion and was taken to the Spring of Questioning the Heart.

Chu Yan had never seen such a fearful expression on Asa's face. He knelt on the ground and shouted at them angrily: "Send me to the Thunder Pool for Marrow Cleansing! Send me to the Immortal Execution Platform! I won't go to the Spring of Inquiry into the Heart! I won't go... just kill me!!!"

Chu Yan didn't understand. The Spring of Inquiry into the Heart would not hurt the gods at all. At most, it would reveal the selfish desires in their hearts, and they would be forced to drink a cup of spring water... In fact, this is understandable. If a god does not practice well, he will have selfish desires, and they can just wash them away. No one will laugh at him, and nothing terrible will happen.

Instead, it would be the Thunder Pool and the Zhuxian Terrace that would cost him his life.

Seeing this, Chu Yan hurriedly chased after him. Asa struggled all the way, but was still dragged to the Spring of Questioning the Heart. There were many gods watching along the way, but no one tried to stop them.

Chu Yan couldn't bear it and stood in front of the chief.

Blocking the way of the chief minister together with him was a god wearing a dark purple robe.

It is Zhu Wu, the god of law enforcement.

Zhu Wu spoke before him: "What happened? Why are the God of War being detained?"

The two officers looked at each other and said, "Someone reported that the God of War has not gone to the Spring of Inquiry for nearly a hundred years to reflect on himself. We must enforce it."

Hearing this, Chu Yan was relieved. It was just that he did not check himself. So he would cooperate with the inspection. Even if the result was not good, he could drink a glass of spring water. It was not a big deal.

Zhu Wu obviously thought the same thing as him. He nodded, then looked at Asa: "Why don't you go quickly? You need others to tie you up and take you there. It's shameful."

Asa's expression immediately became very nervous when he heard this. He looked around and found that the gods were looking at them curiously. Asa lowered his voice: "I... Zhu Wu, if you ask them to let me go, I will go by myself."

Zhu Wu is the law enforcement god and he can talk to the chief, so he asked him to beg for mercy. But the chief was not a fool. He saw that Asa was trying to play tricks and did not even give Zhu Wu a chance to speak. He immediately said, "No, we must accompany you."

Asa immediately became excited. Seeing that they were about to drag him to the Heart-Searching Spring, his arms wrapped in chains suddenly ignited with red flames, burning the two chiefs so that they could no longer catch him.

But he was chained and could not escape, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Zhu Wu pounded his staff hard, pushing the two managers several feet away, and shouted: "Enough! A small matter has been turned into this! If he doesn't want to go, just go get a cup of spring water from Ying Lei and make him drink it!"

Chu Yan naturally understood at this time that Asa did have something on his mind, and he didn't want to be held by the Heart-Searching Spring in front of the manager and be questioned about his selfish desires, so he acted like he was ready to fight to the death.

Chu Yan knew that Asa always cared about his reputation, but he didn't know that he would care about his reputation to this extent.

Of course, Zhu Wu also understood this principle. He asked Asa to drink the spring water just to save his face.

Unexpectedly, Asa became even more excited after hearing this. He wanted to break free from the two chains, but was injured by the lightning on the chains. Asa knelt on the ground in pain, but kept repeating: "I won't drink... I won't go to the Heart Spring either. I will never drink even if I die!"

Zhu Wu was so angry with him that he scolded him: "Why are you still making trouble now that you are about to die!"

"I'm not making trouble! For so many years, I have never failed in my duty. Among all the gods in the Nine Netherworld, I have the most believers under my command. Whenever there is chaos in the Demon Realm, I lead the troops to suppress it... I have not let anyone down. What right do you have to investigate me? Either let me go, or..."

He seemed to be afraid of the gaze of the gods. Suddenly, he looked up at him, his eyes full of pleading: "Chu Yan... Chu Yan, for the sake of our friendship for so many years, please save me and help me cut it off."

Chu Yan also remembered his reaction at that time. He did not save him, but just stood there indifferently.

He said, "Asa, I can't. You just listen to me and follow the chief to see Yinglei."

Chu Yan was shocked but calm. He said this very easily. He would never refuse Asa's request in the past, and would not watch him suffer.

But today he can...

Oh, yes, because he drank the water from the Spring of Conscience, no personal feelings can influence his judgment anymore.

Asa suddenly became quiet and looked at him in disbelief: "You also think... I should drink the water from the Spring of Inquiry?"

Chu Yan was silent for a long time, then nodded slightly.

Asa didn't say anything else. His eyes frightened Chu Yan - he had never seen such an expression in Asa's eyes, it seemed like disappointment and despair.

He closed his eyes and a tear seemed to slide down the corner of his eye. But the tear slid very quickly, and when it flowed out, it was immediately evaporated into water vapor by the flames around him and disappeared.

When he opened his eyes again, Asa seemed like a different person. His eyes were bloodshot and murderous intent filled the air. Asa suddenly clenched his fists, and flames on his body shot up into the sky in an instant. The skin on his arms was broken bit by bit due to the backlash of the thunder magic, and blood oozed out: "Jin Hunwu!"

"Asa!"

"No! Stop it!"

It is impossible for a god tied up by the chains of the Lord to break free no matter what. Above the Nine Netherworlds, and even within the Three Realms, only the God of War Asaas can do it.

The saber, burning with red flames, whizzed out and chopped the chain on Asa's arm. Sparks flew and blood gushed out. Chu Yan felt that something bad was about to happen, but it was too late to stop it.

Asa broke free from the chains, his body covered in blood. He held the Golden Hunwu in his hand and stood in the clouds looking at all of them.

"From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Nine Netherworld!"

So until this moment, they realized that Asa chose to fall into the devil for a cup of the Spring of Conscience.

Chu Yan couldn’t understand it, and neither could Zhu Wu.

Later he heard that he had fallen in love with someone.

God cannot fall in love with anyone.

The reason why Asa didn't want to go to the Spring of Conscience to be questioned was that he wanted to protect that person, and the reason why he didn't want to drink the spring water was that he wanted to continue loving that person.

Chu Yan felt cold all over for a moment, as if he was thrown into an ice cave. His first thought was not to feel sorry for his old friend, but to feel an inexplicable emotion towards "that person".

He knew he shouldn't feel this way.

"Zhu Wu, who do you think that person could be?"

"I don't know... why are you looking at me so scary? It's not me."